RIYADH - At least three people
died and flights were delayed during heavy rain that fell on Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, officials said as the desert nation braced for a cool snap.
Two
people in the Red Sea city of Jeddah were electrocuted, and an 11-year-old boy
drowned in Yanbu further north, the civil defence agency said.
Jeddah s
King Abdulaziz International Airport said eight domestic flights were delayed
"due to the rainy weather conditions in Jeddah".
One
international flight was diverted to Medina, it added in a statement, without
giving more details.
"Air
traffic is now back to normal," the airport said.
Some
streets in Jeddah, the kingdom s second-largest city, were flooded.
The government urged Jeddah
residents to stay home, and reportedly gave children there a day off school on
Tuesday.
"The
next few hours will see more moderate rains in Jeddah and its northern
areas," said Hussein al-Qahtani, a weather department spokesman.
Even
heavier rains fell in the northwestern city of Tabuk, near Jordan, where 46
millimetres (1.8 inches) were recorded since Monday, Qahtani said.
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